Government
Unit 2
Democratic Values

Colorado Civic Standard:

4.2c - Analyze and explain the importance of the principles of democracy and the inherent competition among values. Values to include but not be limited to freedom and security, individual rights and common good, and rights and responsibilities (DOK 2-3)

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Leaning Goal (I will) /Objective (You Will)	Warm Up	Tasks or Other Directions	Resource	Project
Freedom vs Security
You will analyze and explain the competition between democratic values; freedom and security in the US.	When have we given up freedoms to protect our need for security, throughout history?	Read the resource and answer the questions in the word document. Email to me, wnichols7@gmail.com.	Freedom vs Security Documents.pdf Details Download 361 KB	Freedom vs Security Document Guide.docx Details Download 12 KB
	Is it possible to have too much freedom? Give an example of this.What were the reasons behind the 9/11 attacks?	http://youtu.be/u2KXi66Rnh0 - talks about invasive airport scanners	http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/09_05_11/book#/14	911_upfront_freedomvsecurity.docx Details Download 16 KB
	Warm-up: What freedoms did Americans give up after 9/11?What kinds of things do you expect to be private? Why?		http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/opinion/index.asp?article=o0220c
	How does a nation balance personal freedom with national security?
	Do you Remember? Do you know?	Watch 102 minutes, that changed America	http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/wtc_site/new_design_plans/default.asp People that died that day and since then
You will analyze and explain the competition between democratic values; freedom and security in the US.	Journal your reaction to the movie 102 min.	This isn't the first time our Freedom and Security has been in conflict! Research other events. Project - choice posters with Gallery Walk or Power Point Presentation.	Freedom v Security in History.pdf Details Download 223 KB	Freedom vs Security Thesis Organizer.docx Details Download 13 KB
Individual Rights vs Common Good
You will analyze and explain the competition between democratic values; Individual Rights vs Common Good in the US.	Do feel that being yourself and taking care of yourself is number one priority? Why or why not?	Participate in the presentation and because pulling apart the essay.	Common Good.pptx Details Download 767 KB	The Common Good.docx Details Download 17 KB
	Are you participating to mass collections of information?	Take the Facebook quiz.		Quiz on facebook quizzes.docx Details Download 20 KB
Health Care	Do you have health insurance? Do you think that health care should be Nationalized? Why or why not?	Look at the 10th Amendment and the Commerce Clause, and decide if it is threatening our individual rights or providing for the common good.	Bill of Rights Institute -	http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/document.doc?id=145 this is the link to the PDF.
The 2nd Amendment 12, Oct 2011	Is "gun control" a new debate topic in the United State? How long has the Gun Laws been a controversial subject in the United States? Thinking back throughout history when are some events that would have stirred this topic?	Read the Jan 14, 2011 New York Times article on Gun Control, the link is to the right.	"A brief history of gun control" http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/gun_control/index.html	Notice the other links provided and resources on this site, as it could be a powerful tool while researching this Amendment.
13 Oct 2011	How had the latest public shooting impacted the 2nd Amendment?	Read this article from the New York Times Upfront magazine.	http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f022111_guns	Jeopardy style question to follow, with discussion. Warning Shots Questions.pptx Details Download 87 KB
17, Oct 2011	Why is gun control a	Research current events since the latest US Supreme Court ruling in 2009.	Use the word document to the right to guide your research. Your job is to read the news articles and document your findings in the chart provided. http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=532	The 2nd Amendment_researchcurrentevents.docx Details Download 17 KB
18, Oct 2011	What is the current law? How does it effect you?	Analyze two of the recent cases heard and deliberated on by the United States Supreme Court.	[[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/pdf/07-290P.ZS ]] (District of Columbia vs Heller, 2005) http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf(Mc Donald vs City of Chicago, 2009)	Questions to answer: What is being protected the individual or the common good? How has the US Supreme Court ruled on gun control cases? How are they interpreting the 2nd Amendment? Do you think the US Supreme Court is upholding the constitution by honoring individual rights and responsibility to protect citizens in these cases? Do you think these cases solve the problem? Or will their be more conflicts and problems, if so give and example of what is missing.
18, Oct 2011	What is your position on the current laws?	Research it.	Federal Gun Laws Colorado HAND GUN Law Links to Gun Laws in Colorado
19, Oct 2011	How are	Balancing Individual Rights and Common Good with the Second Amendment	Review the propaganda in the word document, form 4 groups and analyze one. Share out.
20, Oct 2011